Fishing reel



June 7 1927.

- J. BRISLIN FISHING REEL Original Filed Feb. 8. 1926 m M i A TTOIMEYFatented June 7, 1927.

UNITED STATES JOHN BBISLIN,OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FISHING REEL.

Original application filed-February 8, 1926, Serial No. 86,772. Dividedand this application filed Decemher 11, 1926. -Se'rial No. 154,064.

The invention relates to multiplying reels and more particularly toreels of the levelwinding type, and the ob'ject'of the invention is toprovide means whereby the spool may be freed from the Winding gear, andalso from thelevel-winding mechanism so as to be entirely free forcasting.

Another important object is to provide simple, easily operated means fordisengaging the free length or unwound portion of the line from thelevel-winding mechanism, and for re-enga-ging it with such mechanismwhen desired.

A further object is to provide a yielding brake acting positively uponthe spoolshaft, the tension of which is easily controlled and havingmeans for the instantaneous release of the brake pressure.

The invention consists in certain novel features and details ofconstruction by which the above objects are attained, to be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and show anapproved form of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved reel, with a portion of theline laying mechanism shown in vertical section.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the reel.

Figure 3 is an elevation showing an extension of one of the side platesof the reel, and the crank or operating lever thereon for throwing thelevel-winding mechanism into or out ofmesh.

Figure 4 is a corresponding view of the inner face of such extension andthe mechanism carried thereby.

Figure 5 is'an elevation of the inner face of the main side plate of thereel, and the mechanism carried thereon, with the spoolshaft shown invertical transverse section.

Figure 6 is a vertical section through certain portions of the partsshown in the preceding figure, partly in elevation, the plane of sectionbeing indicated approximately by the line 6-6 in Figure 5. 1 I

Figure 7 is a sectional plan showing a portion of the line-laying'or'level-winding mechanism.

Figure 8 is an elevation, partly 111860131011 showing certain portionsof the brake mechanism on a larger scale.

Similar reference numerals indicate the same parts in all the figures.The side plate is marked 10, the opposite plate 11, the spool 12, andthe cross-pillars 13. he spool is rotated to wind the line by crank A ona winding sleeve loosely mounted on a stud fixed upon a lever 16, andcarries a-gearwheel 17 adapted to mesh'with a pinion 18 on thespool-shaft 19, see Figures 5 and 6. The lever 16 is mounted to swing ona screw 20 and thus move the gearwlieel 17 into or out of mesh with thepinion 18. This movement is eli'ected by partially r0- tating a disk 21mounted in the plate 10, having an eccentrically located pin 22 engagedin a slot 23 in the free end of the lever 16. The disk 21 is fixed to ashort shaft 24 extending through the plate 10 and is oscillated by anarm 25 on the exterior of the plate.

The housing 26 for the stud 15 and its sleeve, not shown, is hollowedsufficiently to permit this swinging movement of the lever 16. Thismechanism permits the spool 12 to be freed from or engaged with thesleeve and its crank 14.

On the spool-shaft is a tapered portion '27 between the pinion 18 andthe adjacent spoolfiange, shown in dotted lines in Figure 6, on which isloosely mounted acircumferentially grooved collar 28 receiving in itsgroove a finger or extension 29 of a Wire spring 30 wound upon a drum 31adapted to be partially rotated by a knob 32 on the exterior of the mainplate 10, by which the pressure of the finger is positively applied, andthe tension of the spring 30.

may be varied and the pressure of the finger 29 upon the loose collar 28correspondingly varied, whereby the frictional engagement of the loosecollar with the tapered portion 27 of the spool-shaft 15 is increased ordiminished.

The drum 31 carries a ratchet wheel 33, see Figures 5 and 6, the teethofwhich are engaged by a detent 34: on the arm 35 of a V-shaped leverarranged to swing on a screw 36 secured to the plate 10. Attached to theend of the lever-arm is a spring 36 tending to hold the detent inengagement with the ratchet and thus hold the drum 31 against rotationin the direction to unwind the spring and lessen the tension of thebrake. The other arm 37 of the lever lies in the path of a radiallymovable stud 38 extending through the rim of the plate 10 andterminating in a knob 39.

Pressure on the knob 39 swings the lever in opposition to the force ofthe contractile spring 36 which movement withdraws the detent 34 andtrees the drum 31', thus. relieving the pressure of the finger 29 uponthe grooved loose collar 28.

The shaft 40 of the level-winding mechanism has the usual double threadengaged by the usual nut 41 arranged to traverse back and forth thereon,and is rotatably mounted at one end in a xed bearing in a plate 42secured to and which may be a part of the main side-plate 10. The otherend o1 the screw-shaft 40 revolves in a bearing in a lever 43 mounted toswing on a screw 44 set in the housing or plate 45 attached to theopposite side-plate 11.

The screw-shaft carriesa large pinion 46 adapted to mesh with a largegearwheel 47 on the spool-shaft. The pinion 46 may be swung into or outof mesh with the gearwheel 47 by swinging the lever 43 in one directionor the other; this movement or the lever is effected by the partialrotation or oscillation of a short shaft or stud 48 mounted in thehousing 45, having on its outer end an exterior crank 49 and on itsinner end a radial arm 50 engaged in an opening 51 of peculiar form inthe lever 43, see Figure 4, of such shape as to allow the arm 50 to beswung through about a halt circle, with the end of the arm 50 actingupon the side walls of the opening 51 in such movement and therebyswinging the lever and looking it in position at the end of such swingin either direction.

On the nut 41 is mounted a pair of upwardly extending curved guide wires52 and 53 arranged parallel with each other, terminating in a tongue 54received in a long recess 55 in a cross member 56 joining the plate 10to the plate 11 and serving to guide the end of the tongue in itstraverses.

The lower portion of the tongue 54 is hollowed as at 57 in Figure 7, toreceive a slide 58 having twin openings inclosing the guide wires 52 and53 and slidable on the latter. Springs 59 on the wires within the tongueexert their force in the direction to hold the slide downwardly againsta stop 60 on the wire 53. The slide 58 has a projection 61 by which itmay be moved upwardly upon the guide wires in opposition to the springs.The wire 52 iscut to form a short opening or gap 62 normally covered bythe slide 58 but which can be exposed by thrusting the slide upwardly.lVhen thus moved the fishing line lying in the space between the guidewires may be removed from the level-winding mechanism or re-engagedtherewith as desired.

In making a light cast the spool may be entirely freed by first movingthe nut 41 to the extreme ri ht, in Figure 2, then throwing the crank 49in the direction to move the large pinion 46 out of mesh with the largegearwheel 47, thus causing the level-winding mechanism to remain idle,next moving the slide 58 to uncover the gap 62 and passing the linethrough the gap, then by moving the lever 16 to throw the gearwheel 17out of mesh with the pinion l8 and then pressing the knob 39 inwardly torelease the brake, if the latter has been applied; the cast may then bemade with the spool free, checked only by the pressure of the thumb onthe spool at the end of the cast as usual. The line is then passedthrough the gap 62 to lie again between the guide wires 52, 53, thecrank moved to bring the level-winding mechanism into operation, thelever 16 thrown to bring the gearwheel 17 into mesh with the pinion 18so that the line maybe rewound, with the brake applied if desired.

The features of releasing the line from the level-winding mechanism andholding the latter idle permits the reel to be used in the ordinarymanner when required, and the means for easily and delicately adjustingthe brake tension and for its instantaneous release offer advantagesreadily understood and appreciated by the rod-andereel angler.

No claim is made herein to the line-traversing means herein shown anddescribed,

as the same is claimed in my co-pendingapplication, Serial No. 86,772,filed February 8, 1926. of which this is a division.

I claim:

1. In a reel, a spool-shaft and means for press trictionally upon saidcollar, a ratchet 7 wheel on said stud, and a spring-actuated detentadapted to engage said ratchet wheel.

2. In a reel, a spool-shaft and means for rotating it, a collar looselymounted on said spool-shaft, a stud, an armon the exterior of the reelfor partially rotating said stud,a spring coiled upon and secured at oneend to said stud and having a finger arranged to press frictionally uponsaid collar, a ratchet wheel on said stud, a spring-actuated detentadapted to engage said ratchet wheel, and means operable from theexterior of the reel for moving said detent out of engagement with saidratchet wheel.

A reel brake comprising a spool-shaft, a collar loosely mounted on saidshaft, 2.

stud, an arm on the exterior of the reel for partially rotating saidstud, a spring coiled upon and secured at one end to said stud andhaving a finger arranged to press frictionally upon said collar, aratchet Wheel on said stud, a lever, a detent thereon adapted to engagesaid ratchet Wheel, a spring acting on said lever to hold said detentyieldingly in such engagement, and a slidable pin eXtending to theexterior of the reel, adapted to 10 press upon said lever and move saiddetent out of such engagement.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth, I aflix mysignaturehereto.

JOHN BRisLIN.

